Bigpoint Exceeds 250 Million Registered Players

San Francisco – 31
st January, 2012 – Bigpoint (
www.bigpoint.com) – a worldwide leader in
online games – today announced that it has surpassed 250
million registered players for its free-to-play (F2P),
browser-based online games. Bigpoint – which has established
a global publishing network of 1000+ game portals, social networks,
and media sites – attracts over 250,000 new players to its
key titles every day, such as
Battlestar Galactica Online,
Drakensang Online,
Dark Orbit, and
Farmerama.

“Since 2002, we’ve strived to bring high-quality
games and experiences to the widest possible audience,” said
Heiko Hubertz, CEO and Founder, Bigpoint. “With players
hailing from every corner of the globe, today’s milestone
underscores our success – and we’re not done.
We’ll continue to challenge the notion of what online games
are and can be.”

Bigpoint introduced the concept of F2P games, a business model
that allows players to spend small amounts of money on virtual
items and in-game bonuses, to the western world with the launch of
IceFighter in 2002, which Hubertz personally developed.
Since then, Bigpoint has amassed a portfolio of 60+ casual, core,
and hardcore games. In addition to its own internally-developed
titles, Bigpoint outsources the development of several projects,
and also publishes games from other companies.

Over the past decade Bigpoint has radically improved the quality
of the online games. Beginning with relatively simple Flash-based
titles, Bigpoint has released a number of high-quality games built
atop the Unity development platform in the past year. The company
is planning a series of new launches in 2012, including new titles
that leverage world-class Hollywood intellectual property.

Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Bigpoint made international
expansion a top priority in early 2010 when it established its
first North American office in San Francisco. Bigpoint also has
offices in Berlin, São Paulo, and Malta – more
locations will be established this year.

About Bigpoint

Bigpoint (
http://www.bigpoint.com) is an online-game
developer, publisher and content provider for more than 1000 global
distribution partners. Bigpoint’s free-to-play games are
played by over 250 million registered users in over 30 languages.
The company’s diversified portfolio includes high quality
games for browser, mobile and social platforms. More than 800
employees from over 35 different nations work at the company
headquarters in Hamburg, Germany or at other locations in Berlin,
San Francisco, São Paulo, London, France, Spain, and Malta.
For more information, please visit
www.bigpoint.net.

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